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A Kiwi with links to al-Qaeda has taken up arms in Syria and says he will fight until he becomes a martyr.

Mark John Taylor has burnt his New Zealand passport and says he has already been involved in fighting for the rebels in the war-torn Middle Eastern country.

It's the latest journey for the jihadist, who has been arrested in Pakistan, interrogated by security services, and travelled around the globe despite Prime Minister John Key claiming he was under travel restrictions.

Taylor, also known as Mark John al-Rahman and Abu Abdul-Rahman, told the Herald on Sunday that he would remain in Syria until he achieved "martyrdom".

Taylor told how he had travelled to Yemen in 2009 to visit another New Zealand radical, Muslim Bin John, for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Bin John and Australian Christopher Havard, who were suspected of links to al-Qaeda splinter group AQAP, were killed in a drone strike last November.

The Herald on Sunday revealed last month a Kiwi was believed to have died in fighting in Syria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade provided consular assistance to his family, who asked for privacy.

The Australianrevealed earlier this week that Taylor had gone to Syria to engage in jihad.

"My current location is in Syria and my commitment is for jihad for Allah and his Messenger," he said in the video.

In a 2011 interview with 60 Minutes, Taylor denied he was a terrorist and said he had been looking for a wife.

The same year, John Key said "quite a number of restrictions" had been placed on Taylor, who was among a list of 23 Australian-based people placed on US travel alert systems.